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A 26-year-old Palo Seco man is in police custody as investigators continue probing the circumstances surrounding the death of 12-year-old Mercedez Layne, whose body was discovered in Erin on Sunday morning, just hours after she was reported missing.
Police say Mercedez, of Los Iros Beach Road, Erin, was reported missing at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday by her grandfather, who lives at Lorensotte North Trace, Rancho Quemado.
The child had reportedly spent the previous night at her grandfather’s home.
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